Climate averages 1991–2020
Bamenda weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Bamenda: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 288 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbouda (39 km away). In October its highs average 23.4°C, 1.4°C cooler than Bamenda, with 213 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Bamenda ranks 20th of 24 for the warmest October highs and 15th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 26.8°C; Bamenda is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 288 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bamenda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 8.5 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| February | 30.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 28 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 129 | 13.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.8°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 287 | 24.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 25.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 290 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 24.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 325 | 29.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 23.0°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 346 | 29.9 | 12.412 h |
| August | 22.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 331 | 29.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 23.8°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 375 | 29.4 | 12.212 h |
| October, selected | 24.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 288 | 27.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 26.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 76 | 10.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 29.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 7.0 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Mbouda in OctoberCameroon · 39 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 16.4°C · 213 mm rain
- Bafoussam in OctoberCameroon · 61 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 15.9°C · 180 mm rain
- Kumbo in OctoberCameroon · 63 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 260 mm rain
- Foumbot in OctoberCameroon · 74 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.5°C · 200 mm rain
- Foumban in OctoberCameroon · 87 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 200 mm rain
- Melong in OctoberCameroon · 95 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 19.0°C · 418 mm rain
- Nkongsamba in OctoberCameroon · 114 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 418 mm rain
- Ikom in OctoberNigeria · 159 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 359 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bamenda) is explained once on the Bamenda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.